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What happens in a Crown Court?

Task  Courts, sentencing and tribunals How do I guides 

Crown Court deals with serious criminal cases, such as murder, rape, or robbery. 

What happens in a magistrates’ court?

Task  Courts, sentencing and tribunals How do I guides 

A magistrate is a volunteer from the local area who is trained to deal with less serious criminal cases. The cases are considered by 2 or 3 magistrates or a district judge. A district judge is a lawyer. 

I’ve been charged. What happens now?

Task  How do I guides Policing 

If you have been charged this means that you have been officially accused of a crime. You will be given a ‘charge sheet’. The charge sheet will tell you about the crime you have been accused of. 

I’m a Schedule One offender, what does this mean?

Task  How do I guides Prisons and probation 

A Schedule One offender is a person convicted of one of the crimes listed in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. However, the term Schedule One offender has now been replaced with the term ‘person posing a risk to children’.

I’m scared of going to prison – what is it like?

Task  How do I guides How do I? Prisons and probation 

When you start your sentence, you will go through a reception process where you will be interviewed, given a prison number and a release date, and searched to check you are not hiding anything that you should not have. 

Am I allowed to use the phone in prison, and who can I call?

Task  How do I? Prisons and probation 

There are phones that you can use when you’re in prison.